National High School (or NHS) is a government-aided high school in the Basavanagudi section of Bangalore, India.
With grades/classes for 8th, 9th and 10th, NHS caters to academically eligible students regardless of religion or caste. NHS is run by the National Education Society (NES).
History In 1917 Dr. Annie Besant and several others founded NHS in Bangalore. During its early years, NHS hosting several activists for Indian independence from Great Britain. Mahatma Gandhi visited NHS on several occasions.
1990s–present The institution was highly reputed for a long time – since inception and until the mid 1990s. A huge influx of private schools since late 1980s drastically changed the education scenario in Karnataka as well as rest of India, which led to a steady decline in the sheen on National High School.
Several attempts have been made by distinguished alumni to restore the glory of National High School, an attempt by Anil Kumble (along with Dr CNR Rao who studied in National College) was made with hope of adequate funding to modernize the institution. However, the attempt did not materialize.
Most recently, a technology organization owned by an alumnus stepped in to set up a Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Lab at the school.
Admission Admission is open to all qualifying students without regard to religion, caste or creed. NHS requires an overall score of 85%–90% in the seventh standard exam for admission
Panchayat elections There are five sections for each grade/class, A to E. For each section there are five leaders elected, normally three boys and two girls. Among all the 25 leaders, There will be another round of election for the selection of school Union Leader and two other Members of Union Cabinet who represent the school. This election process is annually conducted in the month of July.
Facilities
Labs Physics Lab Biology Lab Chemistry Lab Science Centre Computer Lab
Sport Cricket Handball Hockey Football Badminton Swimming Athletics Table tennis Tennis Carrom Chess Basketball
Other Facilities Smart Boards Library NCC Seva Dala Afternoon Meals ( ಬಿಸಿ ಊಟ )
Faculty Venkatarama Bhattar – Sanskrit (Pratibha Bhushana awardee) (Headmaster)
Alumni Srinath - Indian actor and film producer H.D. Kumaraswamy – Chief Minister of Karnataka. Anil Kumble – cricketer Ramesh Aravind – film actor Chandrashekar – film actor Dr Vishnuvardhan – film actor Raghunath. N – deputy manager, Bharat Electronics Limited, Ministry of Defence, Government of India Vinayak Joshi – film actor Arjun Sarja – famous movie actor Sunil Rao – film actor Srujan Lokesh – stand-up comedian EAS Prasanna – cricketer Prakash Podukone – ex badminton player Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar – justice of the Supreme Court of India G. Guruswamy – principal scientist, NASA
See also National College, Bangalore
References
External links udyam.org